Trend of soft contact lens prescribing in an optometry centre in India: A 6-year analysis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Optometry, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel;2. Institute of Optometry, London, United Kingdom;3. City University London, London, United Kingdom;1. School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;2. Department of Optometry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana;3. Sight for Africa Eye Clinic (Non-Governmental Organization), Accra, Ghana;1. School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia;2. CooperVision, Pleasanton, CA, USA;3. Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK;4. SpaMedica, Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK;5. Menicon Co. Ltd, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan;6. Materials Science Department, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Lombardy, Italy;7. Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE), School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;8. Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR), Hong Kong;1. School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney, Australia;2. Center for Translational Ocular Immunology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA;3. College of Optometry, University of Houston, USA |
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| Abstract: | This six-year retrospective longitudinal study was conducted to examine the changes in the pattern of prescribing soft contact lenses in an optometry centre located in a University in South India. Details regarding the type of lenses, lens material, wearing pattern and the clinical diagnoses were analyzed from January 2006 to December 2011. A total of 1273 soft contact lens fits (n = 1273) were analyzed. Two-third of the total lenses dispensed was for females and their mean age (24.0 ± 8.3 yrs) was less than that of male (27.0 ± 11.2 yrs) lens users. Nearly 70% of them had myopia and 48% wore conventional soft contact lenses. During the studied six years, the percentage of conventional lenses declined by 60%. This study demonstrated a gradual and significant increase in popularity of disposable contact lenses and silicone hydrogel lens material which is comparable to the global trend. |
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| Keywords: | Soft contact lens Prescribing trend India |
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